Tomato heaven 🍅

New arrival 😊

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Just look at all that gleaming, healthy beetroot at Frith Farm, on its way to be roasted and frozen ahead of Freedom FEASTival on Sunday September 3!

We'll be releasing some exciting FEASTival news this week, so keep your ears to the ground for details about how you can nominate someone for something very special... ... See more

Monday's Harvest... Have you ever seen a beet so big?
See you at the Annek shortly.

Delicious healthy recipe idea! The Rainbow chard we get from Frith Farm is amazing! ❤️💛💚💙💜

Brimming brilliant broccoli!

Another day on the farm brings new exciting produce. Broccoli well on its way.

- and a lovely photo of Ben.

Great produce reaching great places.

Superb produce from @frithfarming today locally grown chemical free zero food miles #rainbowchard #radish #heritagecarrots #gooseberries #lovesummer #food #cheflife #chefofinstagram #thewestwoodrestaurant #beverley #eastyorkshire ... See more

Just the finishing touches left for the Monday Box Scheme Harvest - Drop off Soon !
The first Fresh tomatoes will be on their way and we're keeping the tops on the beetroot.
Thank you for the support for local organic producers! ... See more

Box scheme ready for drop off point - the annex
See you all soon!
Don't forget your bag!

Cucumbers almost there x

Don't forget that this weekend is the start of our Open Gardens.

You'll be spoilt for choice this #summer with a selection of gardens open on dates in July & August.

You can help to support us this #weekend by visiting Knoll House & Laurel Villa - two beautiful Gardens in #Stroud. ... See more

This week's #weedywednesday plant is #Goosegrass,
also known as Cleavers, or Sticky Willy!

Many of you will be familiar with this particular #weed and its small hooked hairs growing out of the stems and leaves which latch on, giving the name Sticky Grass or Sticky Willy.

Did you know?
The roots of Goosegrass can be used to create a
permanent red dye!

Find out more about this #stickyweed here...

#weedywednesday #goosegrass #cleavers #weeds ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Goosegrass (Cleavers) This week's plant in our Wednesday Weed series is Goosegrass, also known as Cleavers, or Sticky Willy. In this weekly series, we take a quick look at common garden weeds. How they grow, what benefits they bring to the garden, and how to manage them. Organic gr... ... See more

Garden Organic was full of excitement yesterday when we were joined by Shefali Oza for the live BBC Midlands weather.

If you missed it and the Blooms for Bees interview on BBC Midlands news with Anton & Coventry University, then you can catch up here!

Coverage is from 00:50-01:05 & 22:46.
#bumblebees🐝 ... See more

The latest news, sport and weather for the Midlands.

Tune in to BBC Midlands at 6.30pm tonight to find out from our expert Anton & Coventry University how you can play a part in helping our #bumblebees 🐝 Blooms for Bees

Shefali Oza from BBC Midlands will also be hosting the weather live from our beautiful gardens! ... See more

The fantastic work of our Food Growing Schools project...

"This gardening experience has helped both us and our families" - instead of goal posts, this school has potatoes! 🍏🍓🥔🥕

Would you like to attract more #wildlife to your garden?

We have a few places remaining on our practical course this Thursday afternoon - Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden.

Come along and learn more about what you need to do to
make your garden or growing space as wildlife-friendly as possible. #wildlife #bees 🐝 #butterflies 🦋 #ladybirds🐞 #BeesNeeds

To avoid disappointment please book online or call us
on 02476 303517 ... See more

Our #volunteers have been busy this Monday morning harvesting #veg & #flowers from the Allotment Garden &
Keder Greenhouse.

Vibrant tomatoes, sweet redcurrants and colourful sweet peas are just some of the goodies we have in our wheelbarrow!

We'd love to know what you've been harvesting...
#mondaymotivation #organic #fruit #veg #flowers ... See more

We are delighted to have four organic gardens open to the public this year. Frank's Cottage, Knoll House, Laurel Villa and Alderley Edge will be opening throughout July & August in support of Garden Organic.😃
Visit our website for further details. ... See more

For this weeks #fridaytip we are in the #greenhouse!

Leave doors and vents open day and night for good ventilation to discourage disease build up.

Nip off and destroy any diseased leaves on sight. Avoid wetting leaves when watering, to prevent mould and other spores germinating.

If you find our information useful you could help us to continue providing this advice by donating just £2 to Garden Organic today. Please text TIPS17 £2 to 70070 to donate. Thank you 😃 #fridaytip #organicgardening ... See more

Your Organic Garden in July July is the month when all the hard work pays off. Herbs and flowers are fragrant, and the soil rich with your home made compost. After the rush of May and June growth, you can relax a little and enjoy the fruits of your labour. See below for advice on soil, vegetables, f... ... See more

David Coop: "It weighed a lovely 44kg, so we only just managed to lift it! As you can see, it made a truly impressive Halloween lantern, although it did take all night to carve it."

Jeremy Newson got 171lb with his and says "Hi Crew, here it goes—several photos to follow. Wonderful seed. Nearly 2 tons of squash and pkins off our patch. .. Our local hospice got £150 from guess the weight of the big pumpkin + £120 from the charity allotment jar." ... See more

Helen Pottinger broke her wheelbarrow 😮with her gaint pumpkin: "I planted one at my allotment and it weighed in at 7 and a half stone - or 105 pounds. I didn't know how we were going to lift it but eventually came up with the idea of enrobing it in an old sweatshirt, turning it upside down - and then two of us were able to lift it into the wheelbarrow by the arms! We managed to break the wheelbarrow in the process but did get it into the boot of the car and then used a saw to cut it into quarters back at home. So far, it has made 7 batches of soup, 6 pumpkin pies and a pumpkin and parsnip casserole = delicious! The remainder has been distributed amongst friends and neighbours and was very gratefully received!" ... See more

Another good Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition entry - a very fine squash by Annie Sax:

Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition - from Julie Bissell: "My Giant grew up to 48 inch circumference, 44kg of squash - the best photo I could get was of a Hokkaido squash next to it (my cats refused to pose for long enough!)" ... See more

We want to share some of the Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Competition entries. This is from Rich, who says: "here is a picture of my 6 foot son and a pumpkin we grew together "😁

Seeds! Lovely fresh seeds! Get your new season seeds now... We just wanted to let everyone know our new 2018 Real Seed Catalogue is online 🙂
There are a very few varieties still waiting to be tested but almost everything is packed now; we hope you enjoy it.
(Delivery times? We aim to get them out to you within a week of ordering, but we get really busy January-March, so if you wait til then it can take a little longer.)
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ ... See more

A catalogue of the very best vegetable seed for home gardeners, with interesting heirloom and heritage varieties. Guaranteed better flavour or your money back.

New season website almost finished - just a few things left working their way through drying and testing. In the meantime we've been harvesting yacon. The first few packs are available now, and we'll be packing up more this week.
http://realseeds.co.uk/unusualtubers.html ... See more

Last call for entries to our Giant Pumpkin photo competition! Send us a picture of your Pacific Giant grown from our seed; the winner will be the person with the most awesome photo, and the prize is £20 worth of seed of your choice. ... See more